WORCS / NGPC Round 9 returns to Rocky Mountain Off-Road Oasis in Mesquite, Nevada, October 9-11, 2026 - gate hours, weekend wristband fees, and race registration windows from the official Round 9 page.
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (Sep 10, 2026) reworks the WR450F around the latest YZ450F engine and frame, a new KYB shock with trailside low-speed compression clicker, hydraulic clutch, and lighter 220 mm rear brake - dealers in October at $10,499 MSRP; WR250F returns unchanged at $9,199.
The official GNCC schedule shows no August 2026 races during the summer break. Round 10, the John Penton, runs September 19-20, 2026 at Sunday Creek Raceway in Millfield, Ohio, with eMTB on Friday, September 18. Here's what's next when the series comes back.
Rocky Mountain Red Bear Kawasaki's Steward Baylor takes his first Yamaha Racing Snowshoe overall and the XC1 Open Pro win on Sunday, June 28 - Riordan second overall with the XC2 win, Ashburn third overall and still points leader at 166.
Ducati North America press (September 1, 2026) highlighted three Desmo450 EDX class wins at Vegas to Reno: Hero Racing overall; Team Fohse Over 30 Pro; and Marley Racing Open Amateur. This one is about the bike; the race itself is in our BITD results story.
Mason Semmens (KTM) led wire-to-wire at the Dynamite Grand Prix at Cache Valley MX Park in Preston, Idaho, finishing roughly 12 seconds ahead of Dante Oliveira, with Dare DeMartile third. It was Round 7 of the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA National Grand Prix Championship, co-sanctioned with WORCS, per Cycle News's August 31, 2026 report.
After Grant Davis's first career National Enduro win in rain-soaked Rhode Island, Cycle News and nationalenduro.app schedule materials point to the next stop: Burning Rock on September 12-13. Here's where the points chase stood coming out of Round 7.
Round 7 of the American National Enduro Championship in West Glocester, Rhode Island, delivered Grant Davis’s first career National Enduro overall win and Korie Steede’s Pro Women’s championship clinch after a seventh straight win.
CPSC recall 26-710 covers ~21,040 U.S. 2021-2024 GASGAS and 2022-2024 Husqvarna off-road bikes whose Braktec rear caliper can crack or break, and CPSC says stop riding them. Related NHTSA 26V443 covers ~6,257 plated FE S / ES dual-sports: check your VIN and book the free dealer repair.
Best in the Desert’s 30th-anniversary Vegas to Reno ran Reno to Vegas (~505 miles). Ciaran Naran, Callum Norton, and Cody Simpson on the Hero Racing Ducati Desmo450 EDX won Open Pro overall in 7:44:26.755, beating Preston Campbell’s JCR Honda by about 34 seconds.